What made George Washington the "greatest man in the world"? What is his legacy outside the United States? What did "honor" mean to America's Founding Fathers, and why was it so important to them? Craig Bruce Smith, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781469661582">American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals During the Revolutionary Era</a>, joins the show to answer these questions and others.

What made George Washington the "greatest man in the world"? What is his legacy outside the United States? What did "honor" mean to America's Founding Fathers, and why was it so important to them? Craig Bruce Smith, author of American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals During the Revolutionary Era, joins the show to answer these questions and others.

What made George Washington the "greatest man in the world"? What is his legacy outside the United States? What did "honor" mean to America's Founding Fathers, and why was it so important to them? Craig Bruce Smith, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781469661582" rel="noopener noreferrer">American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals During the Revolutionary Era</a>, joins the show to answer these questions and others.&nbsp;

George Washington and American Honor: A Conversation with Craig Bruce Smith

The official podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

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George Washington and American Honor: A Conversation with Craig Bruce Smith

George Washington and American Honor: A Conversation with Craig Bruce Smith